DR. CARMEN CHIVOIU Parent Teacher
Dr. Carmen Chivoiu has been involved with Baby Love for many years as project coordinator and research assistant. She is also a child psychotherapist candidate. She works with community groups to support training in Baby Love.
DR. WITTENBERG Infant Psychiatrist
Dr. Jean-Victor P. Wittenberg practices as a psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and in a private practice. He specializes in working with infants and young children, focuses on children in a number of high-risk groups and also works with patients of all ages, individually and in families. He developed Baby Love with support from many other individuals. He is the primary trainer for Baby Love and offers personal attention at all stages of training.
MS. JOSIE BENTO Administrative Assistant
Ms. Josie Bento is our administrative assistant and web site master.
ANGELA PRENCIPE Research Director
Angela Prencipe is a developmental psychologist who has been involved in evaluating Baby Love in northern Ontario as well as in the Toronto area. She is now leading an initiative to evaluate mechanisms of change in Baby Love that will help us tailor the intervention and improve its effectiveness.
PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS
Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP)
In northwestern Ontario we collaborate with the Kenora Chiefs Advisory. Contact for training coordination at KCA is Ms. Donna Namaypoke (donna.namaypoke@kenorachiefs.ca). Executive Director of KCA is Mr. Joe Barnes (joe.barnes@kenorachiefs.ca).
The Massey Centre for Women in Toronto continues to work with us to adapt and evaluate Baby Love.
The Ontario Early Years Centres in Mississauga have worked with us to develop and evaluate Baby Love.
Dr. Miri Keren and Dr. Sam Tyano at Tel Aviv University and the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Israeli chapter.
We are very grateful for their support in developing and evaluating Baby Love to Save the Children Canada and Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Branch.